Can anyone identify these lil bugs?

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El Barto

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They seem particularly attracted to oak (that's what the handle is made of, finished with boiled linseed oil)...

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Another type of powderpost beetle they look like to me.
Any beetle with that elongated back gets destroyed in my house.
 
Have just googled:-
Powderpost beetles attack hardwoods, apparently because these woods have pores into which they can lay eggs; softwoods don't have such pores. ... Once they emerge, the winged adults spread to other wood surfaces where they deposit eggs onto unfinished surfaces or in cracks or other openings

They're probably looking for crevices to lay eggs
 
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